-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Derek,
You are correct that they would have more sway - however that only applies to the larger event itself or smaller events in the same space. When you host an event at a hotel you don't deal with the corporate parent, you deal with the site staff. Walking into a hotel in New Brunswick and saying 'I host a 10,000 person event in Boston and San Francisco' does absolutely nothing to improve your bargaining position unless you are talking about moving the larger event there as well. If all regional events were to be held in the same hotels as the larger events - it would be very beneficial. Otherwise unless Usenix has full time event management staff to handle planning, contracts, and coordination the benefits would be minimal. The best thing to improve LOPSA's ability to negotiate with the hotels is increased room reservations by attendees. You book enough rooms and event space and services can be free. If LOPSA could walk in and book a hotel solid for an event they would hold power closer to that which USENIX does for LISA. - -Dan On February 9, 2015 4:43:40 PM EST, "Derek J. Balling" <[email protected]> wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA512 > >On 2/9/2015 4:38 PM, Warner wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 01:45:38PM -0500, Derek J. >> Balling([email protected]) wrote: <snip> >>> LOPSA-East and CasIT could - in theory - get their support from >>> USENIX (who has significant bargaining power around hotels, etc., >>> more-so than either LOPSA or a LOPSA local chapter would). >> >> I organize conferences and events, that's not really a thing unless >> you're looking to host something with 10,000 people. > >Respectfully, USENIX hosts events with <10K attendees all the time and >they clearly have better bargaining power than, say, a local chapter >might. > >D > > >- -- >I prefer to use encrypted mail. My public key fingerprint is FD6A 6990 >F035 DE9E 3713 B4F1 661B 3AD6 D82A BBD0. You can download it at >http://www.megacity.org/gpg_dballing.txt > >Learn how to encrypt your email with the E-Mail Self Defense Guide: >https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/ >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0 >Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org > >iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU2SoMAAoJEGYbOtbYKrvQJtcQAJGbRk7+7YeoOf5sC/irLBls >XXqniTBVb47GLbxd7t31qL4qMPdkVZje0sTsY7bQ1v/bKuUOu0pSXTPm7R8XNa+o >iUBYtlstbHgJ+V4yjJOIAej74gHfOjUsTR8+L9pMPx+dkVGnH8yhyn25OShQQiY7 >llwZDgqG5il74vmNyV4I/pjss9YSkv5KRuZ7DtoKg6p404YTW33DNnTLnTMsXRB2 >d4hFX6xMJENlGDc3I5XKYF7tFKnaG+mxVFB4GjGBUdtCU+ZqTxDHziJ3a2KXNPHX >GW+ytsZKY1lVpkSZ6qifpXZ6995NOymKQWO8P6sm+wOL8sh3RrtcP4g5WYkvzL8q >m/PdoHtgsSycMULG6Rgrb+qQznWGWwGftHdqAPolpbPMJeP2ceDY4ZQB/qXbEymA >fmLySBvyk/cuMPehMqcN5oM4y0+zBKb50Hb/1hZkNuxawdaX0FokN8Z76OxoPyP3 >yNnDX2a/ajLAxkEn5bPdW5lmPnp7nvr7ksxv2HCcxa6+jkCnj/8EBecr/3alCNH5 >msZKbj8z3kjg1wZkGbibVU9jl+Ts7uQGXSHTMXehtRjE0ExBVQcPdYyC3Hu3RR8a >ZqNF4SpwxTNqeF7mH8tZQaAYkzHg5QGtFRB4JcyezI1T3VffHQwNthFWWdQf/fhr >sNzHsM3IY1HMXjk5kUkQ >=OQEa >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >_______________________________________________ >Discuss mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ - -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: APG v1.1.1 iIsEAREKADMFAlTZQl8sHERhbmllbCBHaWxtYXJ0aW4gPGdpbG1hcnRpbmRAbW9u dGNsYWlyLmVkdT4ACgkQgtWs6lxFRJ0U+AD+JZo6QjuP2S0vVZfzU77E40HkbZns rfD0CKP43T4Y3aUA/Aw1/Va5V6Hc24jCbjUdA49uVGnaTAoPw+5vZES4nO9M =A8Wi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
